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Definition of beard the lion in his den (or lair) in US English:

beard the lion in his den (or lair)

phrase

‘Deciding to beard the lion in his den, I visit Dr. Gerald Imber, a Fifth Avenue plastic surgeon.’

‘And so might I, with profit to us all, beard the lion in his den, and failing if fail I must, succeed.’

‘Believing that what was good to practice was good to preach, I concluded that I would risk a course of procedure that is sometimes called bearding the lion in his den.’

‘By this time we were willing to try anything, so he turned up early the next day prepared to beard the lion in his den.’

‘So, to put it in a nutshell, you must grab the bull by the horns and beard the lion in his den.’

‘She would meet Julius, persuade him to her point of view, and they would beard the lion in his den.’

‘This, however, was bearding the lion in his den, the lady being cared for in a milder way by the authorities, while James returned home.’

‘The answer was obvious: beard the lion in his den.’

‘As the saying goes, beard the lion in his den.’

‘This was somewhat like bearding the lion in his den; and so it needed delicate handling.’

‘The Spaniards had bearded the lion in his den, and were in a position of extreme peril should the cacique prove hostile.’

‘No one wanted to undertake the venture of bearding the lion in his den.’

‘She's got to face her demons, beard the lion in his den.’

‘In the end, it came down to the fact that this wonderful Moorefield team was just a bit too young for the task in hand, bearding the Nobber lions in their picturesque North Meath lair in a keenly contested Leinster JFC final on Sunday.’

‘To come after it was to beard the lion in his den; to go without it was to blister in the sun.’

‘She bearded the lion in his den with a revelation-packed bombing campaign, attempting to beat him into coalition.’

‘Now I suppose I am bearding the lion in his den, when I state that one of the planks of the platform is that we ask for an immediate, and substantial, and all-round reduction of the customs tariff-a substantial, immediate and all-round reduction of the customs tariff.’

‘So he performs yet another act of selflessness and goes to beard the lion in his den.’

‘Wole Soyinka is one of those writers who subscribe to bearding the lion in his den.’

‘That said the former Johnstownbridge was no more than cautiously optimistic about bearding the Royal lion in his Navan lair in a fortnight's time in the first round of the Leinster championship.’